The clarion., 1887-04-13

and robbed of all its contents.
Mr.. T. c, Redd, of Natchez, graduated
with high honors at the cd annual COM
mencement of Jefferson Medical College.
The Tupelo Journal has added Cha.
tauqua department to the other features OF
the paper, which greatly increases its inter
est.
Another Com press is to be built at Green
vile Immediately, by number of gentle
men from Greenvllle, Memphis, and New
York.
Mr.. A. H. Fox, of West Point, met with
a very serious accident recently, and in
consequence, it was necessary to amputate
his leg
The cotton business of Natchez for sew en-
months ending March 3lst shows an in-
crease of 20 per cent, ss compared with
last year.
An attempt is being made to open a
saloon in Handsboro the ladies of the
city are opposing it with all their might
and main.
Henry Adams, a negro preacher, was
found dead in his field, near Church Hill,
Jefferson county, last week. His body was
perforated with bullets.
The last grand jury handled Clarksdale
without gloves. Sixteen indictments We're
found against one citizen OF the town, and
fifteen against another.
The First National Bank of Starkville e
was organized last week, with H. c. Powers
President, l.. d. Mcdowell, Vice-President,
and E. L. Tarry, Cashier.
English sparrows have appeared in large
numbers in Houston. These little birds
are very innocent looking. but they do in
calculable mischief to gardens, ETC.
Mr.. L. C. Terry has heen awarded the
contract for making 100000 brick for the
new cotton factory at Columbus. He
will manufacture them In Columbus.
Mr.. F. Hoffman, of California, member
of the largest wine-growIn company in
the world, has recently been visiting rela-
tives in this Stale-the Oulif Brothers, OF
Crystal Springs.
Lyon is said to be the most moral town
in Mississippi. Everybody in the town
goes to church on the Sabbath, and it is
an extremely difficult matter to find any
one on the streets on that day.
The next annual meeting of the North
east Mississippi Teachers Associate on will
be held at Starkville July IA and 10. The
subjects to be discussed will be found in
the programme on first page of this paper
A telegraph line has been run out from
Durant to Castilian Springs, and Miss
Jennie Outlaw, daughter of the proprietor,
after one hours instruction, now sends and
receives telegraphic messages with perfect
ease.
Four Presbyteries convened in Missis-
sippi last Wednesday, Tombigbee Pres
bytery at Scooba, Central Presoytery at
French Camp, Mississippi Presoytery at
Rodney, and North Mississippi Presbytery
at Oxford.
The murderers of Milton Washington,
the worthy colored man who was brutally
killed at Warrenton- last December, have
been convicted and sentenced to the peni-
tentiary for life. They are Robert Beasley
and Raymond Murphy, both negroes.
A tri al of bloodhounds was made at the
convict camp at Friar's Point recently. A
negro, sentenced tor ten years, was offered
his liberty, if he could escape the dogs.
He was given three hours start, but was
run down before he had gone twenty miles.
-Ex.
Prohibition prohibits in Houston. Last
week a gentleman who had very sick
which called for whisky, but was unable
the way to Egypt to have his prescription
filled.
In drift-pile in the Mississippi river
in the vicinity of RobertsonvIlle, Miss, a
metallic casket was found last week, con-
tanning a young girl, apparently about six
or seven years old. The body was in fine
state of preservation. The casket was very
rusty, and looked very old.
The City School Board of yicksburg has
curtailed the school term one month. Last
year the children lost two months at the
close of the session and two months at the
beginning OF the present, on account of the
school building being condemned, so they
have not had very much instruction.
While Mrs. Cunningham, with her child
and nurse, were out on a pier at Missi
sippl City recently, the child jumped from
the baby wagon over into the water which,
fortunately, was not deep. The mother
and nurse jumped into the water and
saved the child. Mrs. Cunningham broke
her ley and the nurse was badly injured
1t was some time before the party was
rescued.
The Presbytery of Central Mississippi
had pleasant session of four days, last
week, at French Camp. The attendance
was quite full. The good people OF French
Camp and vicinity manifested great inter
est in the meeting. The next meeting
will be held at Greenwood. Rev. j. I'll
Alexander, of Kosciusko, and Col. ]. L
Power, of jackson, were elected delegates
to the General Assembly that meets in St
Louis May l9.
Capt. A. A. Sharp, Master OF Transpor,
tation of the L. n. O. & T. road, and Bar
ney Mason, Road Master for the same com
pany, have had rare streak of luck
They recently purchased farm on that
road for 81 800 Mr.. Mason discovered
the presence oil stone on the farm in large
quantities, which led to the purchase oi
the place, and il now turns out that thess
gentlemen own an almost inexhaustibls
quarry of marble.
A sad and distressing accident occurred
last Friday near GalIman. Mr.. WaItel
Barbour shot at some birds with targe
gun, and the ball sped on great distance
striking fence, giancing several feet ane
striking his little fwo-year-old girl In ths
| forehead, from the effects of which sh,
died almost Immediately. We deeply sym
pathi1e with the sorrowing family and es
pecially the father, whose grief seems al
most greater than he can bear.-Meteor.
| A singular case il reported from Issa
quens county by Mr.. Earl Wilson,
planter on Steele's Bayou. he states tha
Henry Morton, col0red, sent his son OF
horseback TO call his sister to attend
81 child. While the boy was on tn
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